Re: Public repro case! Re: [PATCH/RFC] Allow writing loose objects that are corrupted in a pack file

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009, Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] wrote:

Can you cnfirm that your "reproducible" case starts working with that
addition to your ~/.gitconfig? If so, the solution is pretty simple: we
should just lower the default pack windowsize.

Umm... isn't that more of a workaround than a solution?  I.e., if you lower
the default pack windowsize, couldn't the corruption still happen under the
right conditions?

James